“Color is, in brief terms, the type of love. Hence it is especially connected with the blossoming of the earth; and again, with its fruits; also, with the spring and fall of the leaf, and with the morning and evening of the day, in order to show the waiting of love about the birth and death of man.” MenShowsEarthOrderFallWaitingTermMorningColorTypeBirthSpringFruitConnectedEveningLeafsBirth And DeathBlossomingTypes Of Love Book:pt. VI: Of leaf beauty. pt. VII: Of cloud beauty. pts. VIII-IX: Of ideas of relation Source: pt. VI: Of leaf beauty. pt. VII: Of cloud beauty. pts. VIII-IX: Of ideas of relation
“Nature, when undisturbed, is never monotonous, you know. Even when using green, the most frequent color on her palette, she throws in contrasting tints by way of expression, and you will seldom see two sides of a leaf of the same hue, and the leaf stem frequently gives a good dash of bronze or purple.” KnowsWayGivingTwoSidesNatureColorExpressionGreenStemLeafsPurpleTwo SidesMonotonousHuePaletteBronze Author:Mabel Osgood Wright
“The heart should have fed upon the truth, as insects on a leaf, till it be tinged with the color, and show its food in every ... minutest fiber.” ShouldHeartShowsColorShould HaveFedsLeafsInsectsFiberFed Up Book:Letters: selected & with an introd Source: Letters: selected & with an introd
“Icons are also beautiful, with their luminous colors and gold leaf. On first glance, the subjects can seem flat, their poses artificial. But the wonder of the icons has to do with the relationship which develops between the panel and the viewer. Looking at an icon brings me a feeling of serenity; it's like a form of prayer. So I suppose in this sense, the icon is unsurpassed.” FirstsFeelingsSeemsBeautifulFormPrayerWonderSubjectsColorGoldFlatsArtificialSerenityViewersLeafsGlancesIconsLuminous Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off a wet leaf after a rain.” WayWritingLiteratureWaterRoomsColorRainDetailsConcreteWetLeafsConcentratingDrop Of Water Author:Donna Tartt